Ninth Generation

6473. Ernest Edward Skillman Sr. was born on 5 December 1906 in Baton Rouge, LA. He died on 25 June 1986 at the age of 79 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Obit in The Baton Rouge State Times, page 5-C, 6/25/1986.

Paper: Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA)
Deceased: Former aide to Woody Dumas Ernest Skillman Sr. dies at 79
Date: June 25, 1986

Ernest Edward Skillman Sr., longtime administrative assistant for former Mayor-President W.W. "Woody" Dumas, died at 9:15 a.m. today at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

Skillman, 79, who was with the mayor's office for 16 years, served as campaign manager for Dumas' first mayoral campaign.

Arrangements are incomplete at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. However, family members said visiting hours will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday. Services are to be at the funeral home and burial will be in Jackson.

Skillman, a Crowley native and Baton Rouge resident since 1933, retired when Mayor-President Pat Screen took office in 1981, but remained active in Lions Club civic work, according to his son, William B. "Ben" Skillman.

He began work as a General Motors Acceptance Corp. field representative in 1935 and was manager of the Baton Rouge office until 1958. He later was involved in the real estate and property management business.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the city-parish council in 1960.

Skillman, a 32nd degree Mason, was a past president of the East Baton Rouge Lions Club, past district governor of Lions International and past president of the Louisiana Lions League for Crippled Children. He also had served as an officer for the Inter-Civic Club Council of Baton Rouge and had served for five years on the Area and Facilities Committee of the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission.

In addition to his son Ben, Skillman is survived by his wife, Helen Klein Skillman; son, Ernest E. Skillman Jr. of Baton Rouge; sister, Mrs. Granville (Hazel) Carroll of Denham Springs; and two grandchildren, Piper Lea Skillman and Bennett Brady Skillman.

Section: NEWS
Page: 5-C

Copyright (c) 1986 Capital City Press, Baton Rouge, La. He was buried at Jackson Cemetery in Jackson, E. Feliciana Par., LA. Ernest had Social Security Number 433-09-4807. He was an admin. asst. to former Mayor-President W.W. "Woody" Dumas in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA. Hebelonged to 32nd degree Mason in .

Ernest Edward Skillman Sr. and Helen Cecilia Klein were married. Helen Cecilia Klein was born on 24 February 1907. She died on 16 October 2002 at the age of 95 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA. She had Social Security Number 438-68-1603.

Ernest Edward Skillman Sr.-12505 and Helen Cecilia Klein-81411 had the following children:

8977	i.	Ernest Edward Skillman Jr. was born in October 1937. He was educated postgrad. in law from 1960 to 1961. He received a B.A. degree in 1960. Ernest served in the military from 1961 to 1964 at Vietnam in U.S. Navy. He was educated postgrad. in 1973. He died on 21 November 2010 at the age of 73. Ernest Edward "Ed" Skillman Jr. Born in New Orleans on Oct. 3, 1937, he died at Ollie Steele Burden Manor on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. A graduate of Baton Rouge High School and LSU, he joined the Navy and became an officer serving on the USS Coral Sea. Ed's love of the Navy and his country was his passion. Ed was a member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, LSU Foundation, LSU TAF, various Republican Party organizations, the Navy League, and the VFW, and also a proud member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was an avid LSU Tiger fan and enjoyed following the New Orleans Saints. He was predeceased by his parents, Ernest Sr. and Helen K. Skillman. He is survived by a brother, Ben Skillman and wife Sue; nephew, Brady Skillman; niece, Piper Skillman; and cousins, Catherine "Sis" McIntyre Pegues, Ronnie McIntyre, Betty Bahlinger, Suella Dardin and Carol Reynolds. Visitation at St. Jude Catholic Church, 9150 Highland Road, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. until service at 10:30 a.m. Burial in Jackson Cemetery, Jackson. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, 70810 or St. Jude Catholic Church, 9150 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Ed will be remembered as a true Southern gentleman with a generous heart. Arrangements by Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. Published in The Advocate from November 22 to November 23, 2010 Ernest was a real estate sales and management executive. He was Roman Catholic. His profile has been published in the following Marquis publications: Who's Who in America, 55th Ed. Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 24th, 25th, 29th, 32nd eds. Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 24th and 25th eds. Who's Who in the World, 8th to 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th eds.
+8978	ii.	William Bernard Skillman-115177.

Viola Rabb (private).

Ernest Edward Skillman Sr.-12505 and Viola Rabb-12506 had the following children:

8979	i.	Emmett Paul Butler (private).
8980	ii.	Catherine Ann Butler (private).